Pre Long Beach Coin Auction

"1804" S-256 of 1803 with date altered to 1804 G6. Excellent engraving on smooth surfaces. A great job except that the host coin is clearl...

"1804" S-260 of 1803 with the date altered to 1804 AG3+. The 3 was engraved into a 4, but the alteration is rather obvious with a shallow ...

1804 S-266c Electrotype Copy F12. A well-executed copy with attractive, glossy medium brown surfaces showing olive brown toning in protected areas. Th

1804 Cast Copy of the Restrike G6. A cast copy in lead or soft base metal. Slightly glossy medium gray. There is some minor "tin pest" in ...

"1809" Date altered from 1808 S-279 G4. Slightly sharper, especially on the reverse, but covered with light contact marks, including a few...

1809 S-280 A cast copy, or possibly struck from transfer dies F15. Slightly glossy dark steel brown with lighter steel brown and chocolate high points

1811 S-287 Cast copy or possibly struck using transfer dies VF20. Slightly glossy dark steel brown with chocolate toning on the high points. The surfa

1811 S-287 Cast copy or possibly struck using transfer dies VF25. Virtually identical to the preceding piece and obviously manufactured the same way u

1811 Struck copy of S-287 with the reverse of 1809 S-280 AU55. Glossy chocolate brown with medium brown toning on the high points. There are a dozen d

"1811" Date altered from 1814 S-295 G4. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. Mostly smooth and attractive for the grade, some minor roug...

"1815" made using an 1813 S-292 VF30. Glossy chocolate and very dark steel brown. The surfaces are smooth and attractive, free of any hint...

"1815" made using an 1813 S-292 F12. Sharpness VF20 with some extremely fine roughness in the fields and a patch of light verdigris, proba...

"1815" made using an 1813 S-292 G4. Clipped Planchet. A couple points sharper but covered with fine porosity. No verdigris or notable mark...

"1815" made using an 1814 S-295 AG3. A couple points sharper with a dent on the dentils at star 11 and a trio of sharp digs inside the wre...

"1815" A uniface electrotype copy from handmade dies that simulate the Petite Head style of 1839-1843 VF30. Very similar to the Black elec...

"1815" made using an 1845 N-4 F12. Slightly sharper with some tiny nicks scattered over the obverse. Glossy dark chocolate and olive brown...

"1815" made from an 1845 Newcomb-5 F12. Sharpness VF20 with nicks and rim bruises. The alteration is a relatively crude attempt to change ...

"1815" made using an 1845 N-15 G5. Counterstamped. Glossy medium brown with smooth surfaces. There are 3 small counterstamps of a raised &...

Trio of Cents with Altered Date. Includes the following: an "1814" with the date altered from an 1844/81 N-2 cent F12. Mostly glossy choco...

1819 Struck Copy from Similar Dies EF45. Glossy dark chocolate brown with some lighter brown toning in protected areas. Possibly recolored but the ton

1820 N-14 R5- Details of VG10. Made into a crude gear. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate with underlying very faded red showing through on

"1821/0" made using an 1821 N-2 F15. A very deceptive alteration of a normal 1821 N-2 cent where strong "undertype" of a 0 shows...

"1823" Date Altered from 1828 N-6 EF45. An 1828 N-6 cent with the second 8 altered to a 3. The alteration was accomplished with some skill...

"1823" Date Altered from 1828 N-11 G4. Slightly sharper but burnished and retoned glossy light steel brown and chocolate with hints of lig...

1826 N-1 R2 Masonic Token VG7. The obverse grades F15 but is covered with fine to moderate granularity while the Masonic reverse is essentially as mad

1827 Large Cent Overstruck with 1830 Lafayette Medal by C. C. Wright Fuld LA.1830.12 VG8. Glossy chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the

1827 N-12 R5 F15. Sharpness VF30 or slightly better but covered with fine granularity. No verdigris or marks. Slightly glossy very dark steel with cho

1838 N-7 R1 Masonic Token F12. The cent obverse is F12 and the Masonic side grades EF40. Attractive glossy medium brown and chocolate with smooth surf

1842 N-8 R1 "Rays Obverse" VG10. This was a normal cent that was submerged in an acid solution (obverse down is my guess) and left to pick...

1846 Contemporary Counterfeit VG7. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and the only defects are a light scuff that breaks

1854 N-11 R2 Cut-down Planchet F15. Sharpness VF20 or slightly better with some light contact marks, including a nick at the top of the ear and anothe

1855 One Cent Token F12. "NOT ONE CENT//BUT JUST AS GOOD" Struck from hand-made dies with designs similar to the contemporary large cents....

Lot of 2 Pieces, both Gem BU. Includes the following: a full red example of the 1982 15th anniversary token for the Early American Coppers Club (EAC)

1968 EAC Charter Medal #1 awarded to Dr. William H. Sheldon MS65. As struck. Engraved to the good doctor as charter member #1. Obviously unique and a

super-deluxe leather bound edition of the davy collection and the dan holmes colletion catalog. There are only 6 copies of this calalog.one for our co

1652 Massachusetts Oak Tree Shilling Noe-1 Rarity-3 F12. Frosty light grayish steel with darker steel toning in protected areas. Most of the details a

1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree Sixpence Noe-33 Rarity-5 NGC graded VF20. Attractive glossy light silvery steel with medium steel gray toning in the prot

1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree Threepence Noe-34 Rarity-4 PCGS graded XF45. Glossy light silvery steel with darker grayish steel toning in the protected

(1667-1669) Saint Patrick Halfpenny Breen-200 Vlack 1-A VG10. Type with Large Letters on both sides. Sharpness considerably better but there is a sign

1760 Voce Populi Nelson-4 Rarity-3 VF35. Mostly glossy chocolate and steel brown with reddish chocolate and olive toning in the protected areas. No no

1762-BB French Colonies Billon Sou Marque Vlack-276a Rarity-2 MS60. Strasbourg Mint. Frosty bright silvery gray with slightly darker gray toning on th

1723 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny. PCGS graded AU-55 Brown. Well struck on a nice planchet. Even reddish-brown in color (PCGS # 180) . Estimated V...

1773 Virginia Halfpenny Breen-180 MS63. Variety with a Stop following GEORGIVS. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with mellowed mint red covering 15% o

1776 Machin's Mills Halfpenny Vlack 6-76A Rarity-4 VG10. Sharpness VF20 but covered with fine granularity mixed with a few small pits. No verdig...

1783 Nova Constellatio Crosby 2-B Pointed Rays R1 VF25. Ten points sharper but uniform extremely fine granularity covers the fields and protected area

1785 Connecticut Miller 1-E R4 F12. Slightly glossy chocolate brown with darker chocolate and olive toning in the protected areas. A few small specks

1787 Connecticut Miller 30-X.1 R6+ F12. Glossy dark olive brown with lighter steel brown and chocolate toning on the highpoints. Microscopic roughness

1786 New Jersey Maris 14-J Rarity-1 NGC graded XF45. Glossy light olive and steel brown. Smooth and attractive. A spot of darker toning on the left en

1787 New Jersey Maris 63-q Rarity-1 NGC graded VF25. Glossy chocolate and steel. Smooth and attractive. The only marks are three small spots of crud a

1783 Washington Triumpho Breen-1184 AU50. Clipped Planchet. Very attractive lustrous chocolate brown. Satiny mint frost covers the protected areas on

1794 Franklin Press Token Breen-1165 MS60. Frosty dark steel brown and chocolate with very faded mint color in protected areas. Sharply struck and voi

1795 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent Breen-1035 EF40. Choice glossy chocolate and steel with frosty tan and light brown in the protected areas. Very att...

1787 Fugio Cent Newman 11-X Rarity-4 MS60. Lustrous light olive and dark bluish steel. Traces of mellowed red show in protected areas on the reverse.

1787 Fugio Cent Newman 12-M Rarity-3 F12. Clipped Planchet. Very slightly sharper but the planchet is covered with microscopic roughness under the sli

Group of Five Colonial Coppers. Includes 1786 Connecticut Miller 5.4-O.1 R2 F12, 1787 Connecticut Miller 33.16-Z.15 R4 AG3, 1788 Connecticut Miller 16

Trio of Colonial Coppers. Includes 1785 Nova Constellatio Crosby 3-B AG3, 1786 New Jersey Maris 24-P G5, and 1787 New Jersey Maris 48-g VG8. The last

1793 C-4 R3 PCGS graded AU50. Glossy chocolate brown with lighter steel brown toning in the protected areas. Excellent eye appeal, although there are

1794 C-1a R3 Large Edge Letters NGC graded AU58 Brown. Repunched 179. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown and olive. The surfaces are smooth and di

1794 C-2a R2+ VF35. Small Edge Letters. Very attractive glossy chocolate and dark steel brown. Smooth and virtually flawless except for a couple minor

1794 C-8 R5 VF20. Five points sharper but the toning is a bit dark and there are a few very light contact marks on the cheek and chin, all blended per

1794 C-9 R2 G6. The obverse is slightly sharper but the reverse is a bit weaker. Glossy chocolate brown. No corrosion or verdigris, but there are some

1795 C-1 R2 Lettered Edge VF25. Sharpness VF30 or slightly better but there are some small dings in the dentils on the obverse, mostly left of the dat

1795 C-2a R3 Punctuated date with Lettered Edge VF30. Slightly sharper with a faint, very light vertical scratch down the face into the field under th

1795 C-2a R3 Punctuated date with Lettered Edge G6. Very slightly sharper but there are myriad fine old scratches on the portrait and in the center of

1795 C-3 R5+ Punctuated Date with Plain Edge AG3. Sharpness VG7, even better in some places, but this piece was banged up a bit and the planchet is un

1795 C-4 R3 Punctuated Date with Plain Edge F15. Ten points sharper but covered with extremely fine roughness that's visible only with the aid o...

1795 C-5b R4 Plain Edge without Pole, Thick Planchet VF25. Sharpness VF30 or slightly better but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy light olive and br

1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole G5. Struck over 1794 Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent. Several points sharper but covered with very fine granularit...

1796 C-2 R4 With Pole G5. Several points sharper but the surfaces are lightly corroded. The roughness is very fine, strongest AMERICA where there are

1797 C-2 R3 EF40+. Choice glossy chocolate brown and steel with traces of frosty lighter steel brown faded down from mint color in a couple of the mos

1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge VG10. Sharpness VF25 but covered with uniform microscopic granularity. No verdigris, but there is a dig on the E

1797 C-3b R4 Low Head with Lettered Edge VG10. Sharpness VF25 but lightly corroded and the obverse has been smoothed, mostly in the field before the p

1800 C-1 R2 EF45. Slightly sharper with a thin line (similar to a planchet cutter impression) arcing on the bust above the second 0 in the date. A sim

1802/0 C-1 R6 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1800 PCGS graded AG3. Sharpness VG7, even better in a few areas, but the surfaces are covered with very fi

1803 C-1 R1 EF45. Glossy dark steel and chocolate with frosty lighter brown and tan in the protected areas. Virtually void of marks. A pair of very fa

1803 C-1 R1 VF35. Slightly sharper but this piece was very lightly cleaned and has been nicely retoned an attractive glossy chocolate and light olive

1803 C-2 R4 VG7. Slightly sharper, especially on the reverse, but the toning is dark and the surfaces are covered with extremely fine roughness that d

1803 C-3 R2 PCGS graded AU55. Frosty bluish steel and light olive with hints of very faded underlying red on the reverse. The only marks are a few ver

1803 C-4 R4 VF35. Ten points sharper but the reverse is slightly dull from uniform extremely faint granularity. No marks or verdigris. Dark steel with

1804 C-1 R3 EF40. Ten points sharper but there is a strong rim nick off the bust tip plus a pinprick on the throat and a couple more in the field abov

1804 C-1 R3 VG8. Glossy chocolate brown with darker olive brown toning in protected areas. The only marks are some small rim nicks at ED ST. Not perfe

1804 C-3/5 R7 Without Spiked Chin G6. Several points sharper but lightly corroded. No verdigris, but there are some light hairline scratches on the po

1804 C-5 R4 Spiked Chin VG7. Very slightly sharper but there is a tiny dig at the bottom of the E in LIBERTY and a fine hairline scratch in the field

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF25. Slightly sharper but there are a few too many light contact marks for the higher grade. A short horizontal scratch in th

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin EF45. Choice glossy chocolate brown and steel. Great eye appeal, virtually flawless. A tiny rim nick over the A in STATES is a

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin AU55. Choice lustrous chocolate and steel brown. The fields are satiny and the surfaces are flawless. Just a touch of friction

1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VF20. Double Struck over Obverse Brockage. Ten points sharper but there is a significant scrape on the rim at ICA, several tin

1804 C-9 R2 EF45. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned frosty steel and olive brown with hints of lighter reddish steel brown tonin

1804 C-10 R1 AU55. Lustrous steel and olive brown. No defects than a couple specks of dirt in the drapery folds. Just a touch of friction on the highe

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems EF40. Choice glossy chocolate and steel brown. Smooth and very attractive for the grade. The only marks are a faint ha

1804 C-12 R2 Crosslet 4 without Stems MS63. Lustrous light steel brown and tan delicately speckled with darker steel toning, mostly on the obverse. Tr

1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems AU50. Sharpness very close to mint state, and the luster affords mint state eye appeal, but there are some faint ha

1805 C-1 R2 Stemless Wreath AU55. Frosty olive and steel with lighter reddish steel brown toning in the protected areas. No defects, only a touch of f

1805 C-3 R4 Small 5 with Stems F12. Sharpness VF30 but lightly corroded. No marks, and the only verdigris is few tiny specks at the T in LIBERTY and t

1805 C-4 R2- Large 5 with Stems EF40. Glossy chocolate brown with lots of frosty lighter steel brown and golden tan faded down from mint color coverin

1805 C-4 R2- Large 5 with Stems AU50. Possible Broadstrike. Frosty chocolate brown and steel with a thin swipe of darker chocolate toning at the rim o

1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath AU58. Mint state sharpness but there are a few light contact marks, including a rim nick under the bust tip and a couple n

1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath VF30. Glossy dark olive brown and steel. Frosty luster shows through in protected areas and there are no defects. Nicely s

1806 C-4 R1 Large 6 with Stems AU55. Repunched 6. Lustrous chocolate and steel brown with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. Only a touch

1806 C-4 R1 Large 6 with Stems AU50. Repunched 6. Sharpness very close to mint state but lightly cleaned and retoned lustrous bluish steel brown and c